Bushfires One Year, Floods the Next: Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology

Two days of storms delivered a month worth of rain and flash flooding to some parts of Queensland. Suburb of Rosslea in Townsville, Australia on Feb. 5, 2019. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

Last summer was marked by devastating bushfires. This year there will flooding.

That’s the view of the Bureau of Meteorology which is warning of a wetter-than-average season for most of Australia this year.